# HD1 6QB: area report for a postcode in Kirklees

HD1 6QB is a postcode in Kirklees.

A postcode has no figures of its own: each layer is published for whole councils, neighbourhoods or exact points. The figures below are for the whole of Kirklees. Open the map at HD1 6QB for neighbourhoods and points.

In: [Kirklees](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees) › [HD1](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd1) › [HD1 6](https://openindex.co.uk/postcode/hd1-6)

## Around this postcode

- **56 crimes within 500 m**: August, up 10% on July. Kirklees 029D: 888 a year per 1,000 people. (Map point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/street-crime?around=-1.7765,53.6559,HD16QB
- **Huddersfield, 980 m**: About 12 minutes on foot. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/stations?around=-1.7765,53.6559,HD16QB
- **1 school within 800 m**: Nearest is 600 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/schools?around=-1.7765,53.6559,HD16QB
- **No property in HD1 6QB listed at risk of flooding**: From rivers or the sea, with flood defences, in the Environment Agency's assessment. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/flood-risk-by-postcode?around=-1.7765,53.6559,HD16QB
- **England’s most deprived 10%**: This neighbourhood, Kirklees 029D. (Neighbourhood) https://openindex.co.uk/map/deprivation-england?around=-1.7765,53.6559,HD16QB
- **£208,987 average price**: For the whole of Kirklees, July 2026. (Council) https://openindex.co.uk/map/house-prices?around=-1.7765,53.6559,HD16QB
- **3 GP practices within 1 km**: Nearest is 740 m away. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices?around=-1.7765,53.6559,HD16QB
- **4 supermarkets within 1 km**: Nearest is 240 m away. (Exact point) https://openindex.co.uk/map/supermarkets?around=-1.7765,53.6559,HD16QB
- **Gigabit broadband for every home and business at HD1 6QB**: Superfast for 100%. What can be ordered, January 2026. (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/broadband-by-postcode?around=-1.7765,53.6559,HD16QB
- **Moderate road and rail noise at HD1 6QB**: Road 55 dB, rail 42 dB (Lden, modelled for 2021) (Postcode) https://openindex.co.uk/map/noise-by-postcode?around=-1.7765,53.6559,HD16QB
- **In a radon Affected Area, class 2 of 6**: 1% to 3% of homes in this 1 km square are estimated to be at or above the radon Action Level. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/radon?around=-1.7765,53.6559,HD16QB
- **18.1 µg/m³ nitrogen dioxide**: Modelled yearly average for this 1 km square, 2025. (1 km grid) https://openindex.co.uk/map/nitrogen-dioxide?around=-1.7765,53.6559,HD16QB

## Nearest schools

| School | Phase | Distance | Ofsted | Results |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Birkby Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/birkby-junior-school-e107626) | Primary | 600 m (8 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), September 2023 | 63% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Birkby Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/birkby-infant-and-nursery-school-e107601) | Primary | 1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Standards maintained, April 2025 | – |
| [Netherhall Learning Campus Junior School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/netherhall-learning-campus-junior-school-e107620) | Primary | 1.1 km (13 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), September 2023 | 42% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Brambles Primary Academy](https://openindex.co.uk/school/brambles-primary-academy-e145236) | Primary | 1.1 km (14 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), January 2023 | 56% met the expected standard at KS2 (2024/25) |
| [Netherhall St James CofE (VC) Infant and Nursery School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/netherhall-st-james-cofe-vc-infant-and-nursery-school-e107700) | Primary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Good (overall), June 2023 | – |
| [North Huddersfield Trust School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/north-huddersfield-trust-school-e136502) | Secondary | 1.2 km (15 minutes on foot) | Report card, June 2026: safeguarding met | Attainment 8 of 36.3 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [Netherhall Learning Campus High School](https://openindex.co.uk/school/netherhall-learning-campus-high-school-e107756) | Secondary | 1.3 km (16 minutes on foot) | Requires improvement (overall), May 2024 | Attainment 8 of 36.7 (2025/26, provisional) |
| [ES Independent School Kirklees](https://openindex.co.uk/school/es-independent-school-kirklees-e148175) | Independent | 1.3 km (17 minutes on foot) | Not in Ofsted's state-funded schools file | – |

## Recent sales nearby

| Month | Price | Home | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| November 2025 | £70,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 180 m |
| November 2025 | £115,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 190 m |
| April 2026 | £50,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 260 m |
| October 2023 | £75,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 260 m |
| July 2025 | £98,300 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 280 m |
| November 2025 | £110,000 | Terraced, established, freehold | 280 m |
| November 2024 | £88,500 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 280 m |
| June 2025 | £105,000 | Terraced, established, leasehold | 300 m |

## Within 1 km

- Stations: Huddersfield (980 m, 12 minutes on foot)
- GP practices: CROFT MEDICAL CENTRE (740 m); THE GRANGE MEDICAL PRACTICE (780 m); DR HANDA & PARTNER (810 m)
- Pharmacies: LIVE WELL PHARMACY (430 m); TESCO INSTORE PHARMACY (740 m); CROFT PHARMACY (740 m); SIDDIQUE PHARMACY (780 m); FARTOWN PHARMACY (780 m)
- Dental practices: DENTAL SURGERY (360 m); FARTOWN DENTAL PRACTICE (660 m); FARTOWN HEALTH CENTRE (780 m)
- Supermarkets: Iceland Huddersfield Food Warehouse (240 m, Iceland); Aldi Fartown Huddersfield (510 m, Aldi); Farmfoods Leeds Road Huddersfield (580 m, Farmfoods); Tesco Huddersfield Superstore (730 m, Tesco)

## Key figures

- **Average house price: £208,987** (July 2026). Kirklees’s average house price was £208,987 in July 2026 (HM Land Registry). Up 6.1% in a year. Source: UK House Price Index, July 2026. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Median full-time pay: £35,867** (2025). Full-time workers living in Kirklees earned a median of £35,867 in 2025 (ONS earnings survey). 90th lowest paid of 348. Source: Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, 2025. Published 23 October 2025.
- **House price to pay: 5.8×** (2025). A home in Kirklees costs 5.8 times local full-time pay. Joint 81st most affordable of 348. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UK House Price Index and the ONS earnings survey. Published 16 September 2026.
- **Deprivation score: 25.8** (2025). Kirklees has a deprivation score of 25.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 69th most deprived of 296. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.

## Kirklees 029D (Neighbourhood)

- **Deprivation score: 49.8** (2025). Kirklees 029D has a deprivation score of 49.8 in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (MHCLG). Joint 2,389th most deprived of 33,755. Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2025, 2025. Published 30 October 2025.
- **Median sale price: £87,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in Kirklees 029D was £87,000 in 2025. Joint 216th cheapest of 31,750. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 2,236** (2021). Kirklees 029D had 2,236 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). Joint 2,521st most populated of 46,844. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 85.0%** (January 2026). In Kirklees 029D, 85.0% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## HD1 (Postcode district)

- **Median sale price: £137,000** (2025). The median price paid for a home in HD1 was £137,000 in 2025. Joint 62nd cheapest of 2,235. Source: Worked out by Open Index from HM Land Registry Price Paid Data. Published 28 September 2026.
- **Population: 24,445** (2021). HD1 had 24,445 usual residents at the census (ONS Census 2021). 1,207th most populated of 2,756. Source: Census 2021, England and Wales and Scotland's Census 2022 and Census 2021, Northern Ireland, 2021. Published 21 July 2026.
- **People in radon Affected Area squares: 94%** (2022). About 94% of people in HD1 live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area. UK 44%. Source: Worked out by Open Index from the UKHSA and BGS radon atlas and census output areas. Published 1 December 2022.
- **Gigabit broadband coverage: 92.2%** (January 2026). In HD1, 92.2% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026 (Ofcom). UK 87.8%. Source: Connected Nations (Ofcom), January 2026. Published 13 May 2026.

## About

- Type: Postcode
- Council: [Kirklees](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees)
- Centre: 53.6559, -1.7765

Council: [Kirklees](https://openindex.co.uk/kirklees) (Metropolitan borough, 100%).

## Your MP

- [Huddersfield](https://openindex.co.uk/constituency/huddersfield): Harpreet Uppal (Labour), MP since July 2024.

As of 18 October 2026. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. Source: UK Parliament, Members API.

## Sources

- [Street-level crime](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/street-crime), August 2026 (Map point)
- [Rail and Tube stations](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/stations), 2024/25 (Exact point)
- [Schools](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/schools) (Exact point)
- [Flood risk by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/flood-risk-by-postcode), June 2026 (Postcode)
- [English Indices of Deprivation 2025](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/deprivation-england), 2025 (Neighbourhood)
- [Average house price](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/house-prices), July 2026 (Council)
- [GP practices](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) (Postcode)
- [Supermarkets](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/supermarkets) (Exact point)
- [Broadband by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/broadband-by-postcode), January 2026 (Postcode)
- [Road and rail noise by postcode](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/noise-by-postcode), 2021 (Postcode)
- [Radon potential](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/radon) (1 km grid)
- [Nitrogen dioxide (NO2)](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/nitrogen-dioxide), 2025 (1 km grid)

On the map: https://openindex.co.uk/map/sold-prices?around=-1.7765,53.6559,HD16QB

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